Yay, seismic-2!
Yay, seismic-2!
Originally Posted by The General, JLA #38
Thanks, everyone! Thanks too to worstblogever for choosing a fun theme for the contest. I'll post a new contest later this morning. Everyone enjoy your day!
Great job seismic-2! A great cover. Look forward to the new contest
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Congratulations to seismic-2 for a Definitely Controversial cover. The plot as well as the title were aspects that just never seemed to pop up back in the days when all Lois seemed to do was try to prove Clark was Superman. It is a story I would like to read, regardless of how good it turns out to be.
In the Peak of the Week, the captain has contemplated the idea of change. The idea had been posted that we want our characters to change and grow, and yet, we want them to maintain that familiarity that attracts us to them. The covers posted here are pretty much assumed to be situations that would be reversed by stories end. The story is "How do we reverse this?" as opposed to "How do we deal with this?". This is where comics present an unrealistic picture of life. When writers and editors decide the dramatic tension has gone on long enough, poof, Reed Richards or Will Magnus comes up with a new device. I'd like to think there are series that exist where kids (and grown-ups) can take a look at some sort of adversity befalling a character and seeing how they deal with it without a miraculous (IRL) fix. The captain has unashamedly gone off into SJW territory here.
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I’ll don the mask and wear the cape
If I am super, how can I wait?
Congratulations seismic-2 for the wacky cover.
Truth to tell, In my early comic reading days it was these kind of stories that convinced me that DC was just too....silly for my young tastes .
Agreeing with CaptCleghorn about the illusion of change that is so prevalent in the medium. Back when Johnny Storm "died" defending the Baxter Building (or was it still Four Freedoms plaza back then ) from the hordes of Annilihus, it made for one of the most poignant "deaths" in comics. But the fact that it didn't last long diminishes it. Also, Johnny was much more mature under Hickman but what we have now with Slott is a regression to the goofy, immature version. Even under Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, he had made progress to the point where he was entering college. This was a development that was seldom brought up again under the writers that followed.
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Incidentally, it occurs to me that many of you are to young to remember what the title of that 1970 Lois Lane #106, I Am Curious - Black, refers to. It is a play on words based on the exceedingly dull Swedish movie I Am Curious - Yellow which, on account of its graphic depiction of sexuality, caused a sensation when it was released to art houses in the USA in 1967. Essentially, it caused the collapse of the existing system of movie censorship boards and led to the establishment of the modern movie "rating" system. Although almost no one actually saw the movie, and those who did found it almost unwatchable and boring, the film had such an impact on pop culture that its title became a meme for the next several years, resulting in its use on this comic. (As another example, a professor at a prominent university was concerned about the dwindling attendance in his physics class, so he advertised that next week's lecture would be "I Am Curious - Infrared".)
I think restorative nostalgia is the number one issue with comic book fans.
A fine distinction between two types of Nostalgia:
Reflective Nostalgia allows us to savor our memories but accepts that they are in the past
Restorative Nostalgia pushes back against the here and now, keeping us stuck trying to relive our glory days.
Congrats seismic!
And I can't believe my LL cover actually garnered a couple of votes (thanks Nschornhorst and ed2962). But I guess I shouldn't be too surprised--Lois does have a great pair of gams
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